Kanuri Guard

Kanuri Guard
Information
Introduced in	Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals
Type	Cavalry Light ranged cavalry Ranged cavalry Gunpowder cavalry Mercenary
Age	Fortress Age
Training
Trained at	Tavern (Europeans) Monastery (Asians) Saloon (Federal Americans) Palace (Africans) Lombard (Italians)
Cost	220 Coin 3 Population
Train time	43 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	390
Resistance	30% Ranged
Speed	7.25
Line of Sight	16
Train XP	22
Kill XP	22
Ranged attack
Damage	30 Ranged
Range	12
Rate of Fire	3.0
Bonus damage	3.0x vs. Artillery 3.0x vs. Heavy cavalry 2.2x vs. Hand shock infantry 0.5x vs. Villager
Siege attack
Damage	14 Siege
Range	6
Rate of Fire	3.0
Hand attack
Damage	15 Hand
Rate of Fire	1.5
Bonus damage	3.0x vs. Artillery 3.0x vs. Heavy cavalry 2.2x vs. Hand shock infantry

“	Heavily armored Kanuri cavalryman mercenary skilled in the use of muskets. Good against heavy cavalry.	”
—In-game description

The Kanuri Guard is a mercenary light ranged cavalry in Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition - The African Royals.

Overview

The Kanuri Guard is a mercenary version of a Dragoon, but with an African style. Compared to the Black Rider, which is a similar type of mercenary, the Kanuri Guard is slightly cheaper but has relatively low hit points. One of the distinctive differences is that the Kanuri Guard has range resist instead of hand resist, making it specialize in a ranged fight but melee combat is best avoided if possible.

Civilization differences

• The Germans' Battleships can train Kanuri Guards through the "Adler von Lübeck" Home City Card (if they are available in the Tavern).
• The Hausa can get Kanuri Guards through the "Zinder Kanuris" Home City Card. It ships 10 Kanuri Guards, enables them at Palaces, and exchanges their cost for 110 coin, 110 influence.
• The United States can get Kanuri Guards through the "Poker" Home City Card, in the pool of random mercenaries shipped, which also randomly enables them in Saloons.

Revolutions

• Haiti can get Kanuri Guards through the "African Roots" Home City Card, in the pool of random West Africa units shipped.

Further statistics

Unit strengths and weaknesses
Strong vs.	Heavy cavalry, hand shock infantry, artillery
Weak vs.	Heavy infantry, light infantry, MercType2
Improvements
Hit points	Comanche Horse Breeding (+10%) Cree Tanning (+5%) Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only) Navajo Weaving (+5%) Tar Kilns (+5%)
Attack	Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+10%) Smokeless Powder (+10%) Gadaa System (+5%; Ethiopians only) Yoga (+5%) Horsemanship (+1.0 multiplier vs. Walls, Lakota only) Wind Horses (-10% Rate of Fire) Carabinieri (-10% ranged Rate of Fire; Italians only)
Resistance	Sudanese Quilted Armor (+10% hand resistance)
Speed	Apache Endurance (+5%) Comanche Mustangs (+5%) Wind Horses (+0.5)
Line of Sight	Town Watch (+3) Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+2)
Range	Ranged Cavalry Caracole (+2)
Cost	Blue Nile Ties (-15%; Ethiopians only) Philhellenism (-10%) Wallenstein's Contracts (-10%; Germans only) Mapuche Ad-mapu (-10% coin cost) Golden Liberty (-5% coin cost) Yemeni Relations (exchanges cost for 50% coin, 50% influence; Ethiopians only)
Train time	Cheyenne Horse Trading (-40%) Mass Cavalry (-35%) Terror Charge (-20%; Indians only) Blue Nile Ties (-15%; Ethiopians only) Quechuan Diet (-15%) Carabinieri (-10%; Italians only) Immigrants (-10%) New Mexico Immigration (-10%; United States only) Philhellenism (-10%) Shaman Drums (-10%) Strangers' Quarters (-10%; Africans only) Wallenstein's Contracts (-10%; Germans only)

Home City Cards

Click for a list of Home City Cards related to the Kanuri Guard

Some cards are highlighted with:
Green	TEAM Shipment that is sent to each player in a team
Purple	Shipment that can be sent an INFINITE number of times
Red	Shipment that can be sent twice
Blue	Shipment that arrives fast (5 seconds)

Shared

Card	Description	Age
Cavalry Damage	Cavalry damage +15%
Cavalry Hitpoints	Cavalry hit points +15%
Cavalry Combat	Cavalry hit points and damage +15%
Liberation March	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry train time -35%, speed +5%
Riding School	Cavalry train time -40%; Cuirassier, Oprichnik, and Hakkapelit train time -35% instead; Gatling Camel train time -20% instead

• "Cavalry Damage" is available to the British, Lakota, and Swedes.
• "Cavalry Hitpoints" is available to the British and Haudenosaunee.
• "Cavalry Combat" is available to the British, Dutch, French, Italians, Lakota, Mexicans, Ottomans, Russians, and Spanish.
• "Liberation March" is available to the Mexicans and Spanish.
• "Riding School" is available to Europeans (except the Maltese and Spanish) and Indians.

Africans

Card	Description	Age
Feudal Armies	Unit train time -15%; hero respawn time -15%
Loyal Warriors	Native warrior, mercenary, and outlaw cost -15% (also affects shipments)

Chinese

Card	Description	Age
Western Reforms	Unit hit points and damage +8%
Acupuncture	Unit (except monk) train time -20%; Summer Palace banner army, Flying Crow, and Heavy Cannon spawn time -5%

Dutch

Card	Description	Age
Dutch States Army	Mercenary train time -15%, speed (except Napoleon Gun and Li'l Bombard) +7%; mercenary shipment arrive time -20%; enables Highlander to be trained at Barracks and Taverns, Royal Horseman at Stables and Taverns; Pikeman, Halberdier, Skirmisher, Hussar, and Ruyter cost +10%

Ethiopians

Card	Description	Age
Ignatian Spirituality	Unit (except herded animals) hit points +5%, regeneration rate +1.0 (even in combat)

Europeans

Card	Description	Age
Loyal Warriors	Native warrior, mercenary, and outlaw cost -15%; "TEAM 4 Zenata Rider", "Recruit Xebec", "Recruit Xebecs", and "15 Berber Allies" cost no coin
Outlaw Combat	Outlaw and mercenary hit points and damage +15%
Wanderlust	Land military and land villager hit points +5%; land villager and construction wagon speed +5% (can be sent 3 times)

• "Loyal Warriors" is available to the Italians, Maltese, Ottomans, and Portuguese upon revolting to the Barbary States.
• "Outlaw Combat" is available upon revolting to the Barbary States, Hungary, and Mexico.
• "Wanderlust" is available to the British and Dutch upon revolting to South Africa.

Germans

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Cavalry Attack	Heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry damage +10%; Germans-only heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry damage +15% instead
Spanish Riding School	Cavalry speed +10%, +4 Uhlans
Improved Mercenaries	Mercenary hit points and damage +15%, +3 Uhlans
Adler von Lübeck	Delivers 1 Battleship and 1 Privateer; enables Battleships to train mercenaries; costs 900 food, 900 wood, 900 coin

• "TEAM Cavalry Attack" does not stack with the Italian "TEAM Cavalry Attack" card.

Hausa

Card	Description	Age
Sahelian Kingdoms	Native warrior hit points and damage +15%; mercenary and outlaw hit points and damage +10%
Zinder Kanuris	Delivers 10 Kanuri Guards; enables Kanuri Guard to be trained at Palaces for 110 coin, 110 influence; costs 1,000 influence
Hire Kanuri Guards	Delivers 9 Kanuri Guards; costs 1,000 influence

Inca

Card	Description	Age
Road Building	Land military speed +10%

Indians

Card	Description	Age
Dravidian Martial Arts	Unit all melee attack damage +15%; Rajput hand attack damage +20% instead, +1 Hindu Villager
TEAM Shivaji's Tactics	Unit hit points and damage +5%

Italians

Card	Description	Age
Schiavoni Swords	Infantry, cavalry, and shock infantry all melee attack damage +15%
TEAM Cavalry Attack	Heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry damage +10%; Italians-only heavy cavalry, light ranged cavalry, and shock infantry damage +15% instead

• "TEAM Cavalry Attack" does not stack with the German "TEAM Cavalry Attack" card.

Japanese

Card	Description	Age
Bakufu	Daimyo and Shogun Tokugawa speed +5%, Line of Sight +10, training and research work rate +15%; land military train time -20%, artillery and banner army train time -10% instead

Lakota

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Mustangs	Cavalry and shock infantry cost -10%

Maltese

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Knights of the Round Table	Delivers 1 Hospitaller for each Town Center and Command Post present on the map; unit hit points +2%

Mexicans

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Mariachi	For the next 30 seconds, military building training and research work rate +400%, unit speed +10%
Colegio de San Nicolas	Delivers 1 Large Collection of Books (500 XP); unit Line of Sight +4; building (except Wall) Line of Sight +8; reveals enemy units' positions for 20 seconds
National Servant	Unit (except herded animals) hit points +10%; Padre heal work rate +200%	Imperial Age
Outlaw Combat	Outlaw and mercenary hit points and damage +15%; costs 500 coin

• "Colegio de San Nicolas" is available upon selecting the Michoacán Federal State.
• "National Servant" is available upon selecting the Estado de México Federal State.
• "Outlaw Combat" is available upon revolting to Baja California.

Ottomans

Card	Description	Age
Akincis	Light ranged cavalry bonus damage against villagers +100%; Cavalry Archer train time -15%

Russians

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Kamchatka Expeditions	Cavalry and shock infantry hit points +10%, Line of Sight +4

Spanish

Card	Description	Age
TEAM Spanish Inquisition	Delivers 1 Inquisitor; military and economic unit Line of Sight +10

Swedes

Card	Description	Age
Ranged Cavalry Combat	Ranged cavalry hit points and damage +15%
German Mercenary Contracts	Mercenary hit points and damage +20%; enables Landsknechts and Jaegers to be trained at Barracks, Blockhouses, Taverns (for Landsknechts), and Galleons; enables Black Riders to be trained at Stables and Galleons

United States

Card	Description	Age
Poker	Delivers 13 random mercenaries; enables up to 3 random mercenaries at Saloons; costs 3,500 coin
Indiana Mobilization	Delivers 1 Carbine Cavalry for each shipment sent so far this game, including this one; unit train time, technology research time, Age up time -10%; costs 250 food, 250 wood
Hamilton's Own	Delivers 2 Li'l Bombards and 4 Napoleon Guns; mercenary hit points and damage +25%; costs 2,500 coin	Imperial Age
Seminole Ponies	Delivers 9 Hussars; cavalry train time -10%; hand cavalry hit points and damage +15%, speed +5%	Imperial Age

• "Indiana Mobilization" is available upon selecting the Indiana Federal State.
• "Hamilton's Own" is available upon selecting the New York Federal State.
• "Seminole Ponies" is available upon selecting the Florida Federal State.

Changelog

The African Royals

• Originally, Kanuri Guards had 40% ranged resistance. With update 13.690, they have 30% ranged resistance.
• Kanuri Guards cost 2 population, have 320 hit points and a ×2.0 multiplier against artillery.

Knights of the Mediterranean

• With update 13.27885, Kanuri Guards cost 3 population.
• Kanuri Guards have a ×3.0 multiplier against artillery (omitted from the changelog).
• With update 14.43676, Kanuri Guards have 390 hit points.

In-game dialogue

The Kanuri Guard speaks Kanuri language.

• Select 1
• Select 2
• Select 3
• Move 1
• Move 2
• Move 3
• Attack 1
• Attack 2
• Attack 3

History

“

The Kingdom of Kanem-Bornu was early to adopt gunpowder into its armies. Used to greatest effect by Idris Alooma (c. 16th century), chain mail-clad riders with muskets posed a durable and deadly threat to their adversaries.

”

Gallery

Kanuri Guard image from the Compendium section

An in-game Kanuri Guard